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Monday, 5 January 2015

All the Bright PlacesAuthor: Jennifer NivenPublication Date: 8th January 2015Publisher: Penguin Random House~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this compelling, exhilarating, and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven

I honestly don't know where to start with this one, so this
is more of a feeling and reaction review than a straight up review, the same as
I did with We Were Liars. Because, All the Bright Places is another book where
whatever you say it's not going to be enough, it'll never be enough to say in a
few paragraphs how much you love and got
a book so much that you literally stared at it for half an hour just
thinking and trying (unsuccessfully) not to cry. Because it affected me in a
way no other book has done before, not even The Fault in Our Stars orHeart-Shaped Bruise (as much as I love
them)or even Speak, that changed
everything for me and got me reading in the first place. But, this is why I read. Beautiful, beautiful
books like these are what keeps me reading.